American journal of pharmaceutical education
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Comparative Study
A comparison of students' self-assessments with faculty evaluations of their communication skills.
To compare students' self-assessment of their communication skills with faculty members' formal evaluation of their skills in a therapeutics course. ⋯ Students' self-assessments of communication skills were consistently lower than faculty members' evaluations. Greater use of oral assessments throughout the pharmacy curriculum may help to improve students' confidence in and self-assessment of their communication skills.
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To gather and evaluate the perceptions of students, faculty members, and administrators regarding the frequency and appropriateness of classroom technology use. ⋯ Pharmacy colleges and schools use a variety of technologies in their teaching methods, which have evolved to meet the needs of the current generation of students. Students are satisfied with the appropriateness of technology, but many exhibit preferences for even greater use of technology in the classroom.